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Fast Forward Baptist College Refused To Hire Football Coach With ‘Jewish Blood’: Lawsuit
The president of a private Baptist college in Louisiana refused to hire an alumnus applying to be a football coach because of what he called the applicant’s “Jewish blood,” a new lawsuit claims. Joshua Bonadona, who was raised Jewish but converted to Christianity while a student at Louisiana College, filed suit on Wednesday against the…
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Fast Forward J Street And The Republican Jewish Coalition Are At War—And Fundraising Off It
Trading barbs is nothing new for the Republican Jewish Coalition or the dovish lobby J Street. One supports Republicans running for Congress, the other raises money for Democrats who share liberal views on Israel, and both have a lot to say about each other. This latest round of sniping began with the launch of “Stop…
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Fast Forward Austrian Jewish Students Call Government ‘Not Kosher’ Over Far-Right Alliance
VIENNA (JTA) – Austrian Jewish students disrupted a Cabinet minister’s speech at a conference on anti-Semitism over the fact that his government includes politicians from the far-right Freedom Party. The students Wednesday unfurled a banner reading “Mr. Kurz! Your government is not kosher!” during an address by Education Minister Heinz Fassmann. Sebastian Kurz was elected Austrian Chancellor…
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Fast Forward Canadian JCC Gets Anti-Semitic Hate Mail
(JTA) — A Jewish community center in Windsor, Ontario, received anti-Semitic hate mail that was similar to that sent to several Canadian synagogues two months ago. The flier, which calls to “Expel the Jews to the lake of fire!!!” and declares this is “Expulsion History Month,” was delivered to the center by regular mail on…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Songbook Tied To Austrian Far Right Leaders
An Austrian student fraternity has a songbook containing anti-Semitic lyrics making fun of the Holocaust and insulting Jews, a newspaper said on Tuesday, three weeks after it exposed a similar case that forced a far-right politician to quit. The earlier case reported by Falter prompted the resignation of a prominent member of the anti-Islam Freedom…
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Fast Forward Paul Nehlen Has Become A Twitter Martyr For The Far Right
Paul Nehlen became a full-fledged social media martyr for the far right Wednesday after Twitter permanently banned him from the service for a racist tweet about Meghan Markel, Prince Harry’s fiance, Right Wing Watch reported. Nehlen has gained notoriety for his racist and anti-Semitic social media posts during his candidacy to unseat House Speaker Paul…
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Fast Forward Germany Averaged Four Anti-Semitic Incidents Every Day In 2017
(JTA) — The number of anti-Semitic incidents reported in Germany in 2017 remained about the same as the previous year. Published Monday in the Berlin daily newspaper Tagesspiegel, the report — based on police statistics delivered to Bundestag Vice President Petra Pau of the Left Party — indicated there were 1,453 incidents reported in 2017…
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Community In Eastern Europe, Revisionist Holocaust Bills And Anti-Semitism Go Hand In Hand
Poland’s brazen decision to pass a law protecting Holocaust denial should come as no surprise. Three years ago, the international community was largely silent when the government of Ukraine passed similar legislation. Today, we’re witnessing the fruits of that silence. In 2015, Kiev ratified memory laws which made two WWII-era paramilitaries — the Organization of…
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